ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222864
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Date: | xx Jan 1938 |
Time: | |
Type: | Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 |
Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force |
Registration: | 1305 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Yichang, Hubei Province -
China
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Three Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 bombers belonging to Republic of China Air Force were damaged beyond repair in Yichang, Hubei Province, China in early 1938. The prevailing belief that they were lost in accidents in February is untenable in view of the declassified original documents from the Republic of China government. A presidential correspondence dated 1938/01/15, relaying Claire Lee Chennault's report, wrote that the trainee pilots in Yichang, who had low morale, deliberately destroyed the Italian bombers.
The registration information of these three Savoia-Marchetti SM-81 could not be found in records. A photo reveals that one of them bore the number "1305."
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.81_Pipistrello#Operators https://baike.baidu.com/item/S.M.81B%E8%BD%B0%E7%82%B8%E6%9C%BA/19886581 http://image.gamersky.com/webimg13/zhuanti/rocaf1937/zj01-10_03.jpg https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/28444407lwANUY#cdF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Mar-2019 08:31 |
TB |
Added |
24-Mar-2020 17:53 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
17-May-2023 17:08 |
RDV |
Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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